settlement

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Etymology edit

settle +‎ -ment

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.l̩.mənt/
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Hyphenation: settle‧ment

Noun edit

settlement (countable and uncountable, plural settlements)

The act of settling.
settlement of debt
The state of being settled.
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A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
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A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
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(archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
(law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
(law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
(law) A resolution of a dispute.
(law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
- 2021 April 11, A. Hutton, “Kyle Plush: $6million settlement for family of Ohio teen who was crushed to death in 2018”, in The Independent‎^[1]:
  The family of a^[sic] Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6million settlement […] As part of the settlement, the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre […]
(India, historical) An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.

Synonyms edit

(A resolution of a dispute): arrangement

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the act of settling

Finnish: asuttaminen (fi)
Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת (he) f (hitnaẖlút)
Hungarian: letelepítés (hu), betelepítés (hu)
Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga
Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n, rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n
Swedish: bosättning (sv) c

the state of being settled

Finnish: asuttaminen (fi)
French: règlement (fr) m, solution (fr) f
German: Regelung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, Erledigung (de) f
Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía), διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), τακτοποίηση (el) f (taktopoíisi)
Hungarian: letelepedés (hu), letelepülés, betelepülés (hu), betelepedés (hu), megtelepedés (hu)
Irish: lonnaíocht f, socrú m
Japanese: 解決 (ja) (かいけつ, kaiketsu)
Malay: penempatan, penyelesaian (ms)
Maori: whakataiwhenuatanga
Polish: porozumienie (pl) n, ugoda (pl) f
Portuguese: estabelecer (pt)
Russian: урегули́рование (ru) n (uregulírovanije), удовлетворе́ние (ru) n (udovletvorénije), реше́ние (ru) n (rešénije)
Telugu: తర్వాత (te) (tarvāta)
Turkish: sulh olma, uzlaşma (tr)

newly established colony

Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَة f (mustaʕmara), مُسْتَوْطَنَة f (mustawṭana)
South Levantine Arabic: مستوطنة (mustáwtane)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: пасяле́нне (be) n (pasjaljénnje), пасяле́ньне n (pasjaljénʹnje) (Taraškievica), пасе́лiшча n (pasjélišča), сялі́ба f (sjalíba), аса́да f (asáda)
Bulgarian: се́лище (bg) n (sélište), посе́лище (bg) n (posélište)
Catalan: assentament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定居點／定居点 (zh) (dìngjūdiǎn), 殖民地 (zh) (zhímíndì)
Coptic: ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ m (cercē)
Czech: osada (cs) f
Dutch: nederzetting (nl) f
Esperanto: kolonio
Finnish: siirtokunta (fi), uudisasutus
French: colonie (fr) f
Galician: asentamento (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Ansiedlung (de) f, Siedlung (de) f, Niederlassung (de) f, Kolonie (de) f
Greek: οικισμός (el) m (oikismós), αποικισμός (el) m (apoikismós)
Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת (he) (hitnaḥlút)
Hungarian: telep (hu), kolónia (hu)
Irish: lonnaíocht f
Italian: insediamento (it) m
Japanese: 入植 (にゅうしょく, nyūshoku), 定住 (ja) (ていじゅう, teijū), 植民地 (ja) (しょくみんち, shokuminchi), 前哨地 (ぜんしょうち, zenshōchi)
Khmer: ការតាំងទីលំនៅ (kaatangtiilumnɨw)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نیشتگە (nîştge)
Macedonian: населба f (naselba)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: बस्ती (bastī)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: setlment
Plautdietsch: Aunsiedlunk f
Polish: osada (pl) f, osiedle (pl) n
Portuguese: povoação (pt) f, assentamento (pt)
Russian: поселе́ние (ru) n (poselénije), коло́ния (ru) f (kolónija), посёлок (ru) m (posjólok) (township)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́се̄ље n

Roman: násēlje (sh) n
Slovak: osada f
Slovene: naselje n, naselbina f
Spanish: poblado (es) m, asentamiento (es) m
Swedish: koloni (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: གཞིས་ཆགས (gzhis chags)
Turkish: yerleşim birimi (tr)
Ukrainian: посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja), оса́да f (osáda)

community of people living together; populated place

Belarusian: насе́лены пункт m (nasjéljeny punkt)
Bulgarian: селище (bg) n (selište)
Catalan: assentament (ca) m
Esperanto: loĝloko
Finnish: asutus (fi)
French: agglomération (fr) f
German: Siedlung (de) f
Hebrew: יִשּׁוּב (he) m (yishúv)
Hungarian: település (hu)
Indonesian: permukiman (id)
Macedonian: населба f (naselba)
Malay: petempatan (ms)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bosetning m or f
Polish: osadnictwo (pl) n
Romanian: așezare (ro) f
Russian: населённый пункт m (naseljónnyj punkt)
Sanskrit: विश् (sa) f (viś), ग्राम (sa) m (grāma)
Spanish: asentamiento (es) m
Swedish: samhälle (sv) n
Ukrainian: насе́лений пункт (uk) m (nasélenyj punkt), посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja)

(architecture) gradual sinking of a building

Bulgarian: слягане n (sljagane)
Danish: sætning (da) c (movement), sætningsskade c (type of damage)
Finnish: laskeutuminen (fi)
German: Absenkung f, Senkung (de) f
Greek: καθίζηση (el) f (kathízisi)
Hungarian: süllyedés (hu)
Polish: osiadanie n

(finance) delivery and payment

Bulgarian: разплащане n (razplaštane)
Finnish: kaupan toteuttaminen, suoritus (fi), toimitus (fi)
German: Abrechnung (de) f
Greek: διακανονισμός (el) m (diakanonismós), εκκαθάριση (el) f (ekkathárisi), εξόφληση (el) f (exóflisi)
Hungarian: kifizetés (hu), kiegyenlítés (hu), megfizetés (hu), rendezés (hu)
Indonesian: penyelesaian (id)
Malay: pembayaran
Polish: rozliczenie (pl) n, spłacenie n, uregulowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: liquidação (pt) f
Slovene: poravnava f
Spanish: finiquito (es)

(law) disposition of property

French: acte de propriété m
German: Überschreibung f
Greek: μεταγραφή (el) f (metagrafí), εκχώρηση (el) f (ekchórisi)
Hungarian: hozomány (hu)
Irish: socrú m
Malay: peruntukan
Polish: zapisanie (pl) n
Spanish: acuerdo (es) m

(law) settled place of abode

Bulgarian: седалище (bg) n (sedalište)
Finnish: asunto (fi)
German: Wohnsitz (de) m
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} lakóhely (hu), ^{(please verify)} lakhely (hu), ^{(please verify)} tartózkodási hely
Polish: zasiedzenie (pl) n

(law) resolution

Abkhaz: аҭы́шәныртәалара (atə́ŝʷnərtʷʼalara)
Armenian: կարգավորման (kargavorman)
Azerbaijani: həll
Chechen: дӏадерзор (dˀaderzor), тадар (tadar)
Danish: forlig (da) n
Finnish: ratkaisu (fi)
French: arrangement (fr) m
Galician: avinza (gl) f
Georgian: მოგვარება (mogvareba)
German: Vergleich (de) m, Ausgleich (de) m, Abfindung (de) f
Hungarian: megegyezés (hu), egyezség (hu), megállapodás (hu), rendezés (hu)
Indonesian: penyelesaian (id)
Irish: socrú m
Kazakh: бітімгершілік келісім (bıtımgerşılık kelısım), бәтуалы келісім (bätualy kelısım)
Malay: penyelesaian (ms)
Polish: rozstrzygnięcie (pl) n
Spanish: finiquito (es)
Swedish: förlikning (sv) c
Turkish: tediye (tr), tesviye (tr)